Pianist and composer Lara Downes previews "Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music," a free concert at Brooklyn Bridge Park celebrating the centennials of WNYC and George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Produced by St Ann's Warehouse, the show will broadcast live on WNYC starting at 6 PM, July 27, and feature a reimagining of "Rhapsody" from Lara and composer Edmar Colón, plus performances from Rosanne Cash, Arturo O'Farrill, Christian McBride and Time for Three.
We are a few weeks into the first-ever All Of It Summer Reading Challenge! All Of It producer Jordan Lauf joins us to check in on your progress, and hear what you're reading for the challenge. Plus, she recommends a few books you might want to check out if you're feeling stuck. The deadline to finish the challenge is the end of Labor Day Weekend!
Here's the challenge:
Select and read at least one book in any four of the following categories...
A classic you’ve been meaning to get to
Something by a debut novelist
A book recommended by a friend
A book about or set in New York
A book translated from another language
A book being turned into a TV series or movie
A book you heard about on All Of It
You can download and fill out or print this PDF form to keep track of your selections!
You can also share your selections with us, and keep us updated on your summer reading progress, by tagging us in posts on Instagram, and we’ll repost you! Tag us @allofitwnyc and use the hashtag #AOISummerReadingChallenge.
Once you’ve completed the challenge, we’ll follow up about your selections to receive another prize!
Brooklyn-based writer and DJ Jive Poetic blends poetry and prose, music, photographs and genealogy to create what he calls a “printed mixtape” of his life. He joins us to discuss his new memoir, Skip Tracer, exploring cultural identity, Afro-Caribbean diaspora and masculinity.
A new book tells the story of a divorce that made headlines in Gilded Age New York, after a high society woman admitted to her husband she was having an affair with his younger brother, and was possibly pregnant with his child. Author Barbara Weisberg joins us to discuss Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York, as part of our series, "Women Behaving Badly."
Planning to watch the 2024 Olympics but not feeling like being alone at home? Today we speak with Eater editor Melissa McCart about the best sports bars in the city to watch with a crowd. Plus, we hear your recommendations.